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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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+ *
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+ */
+
+#ifndef SHARE_VM_INTERPRETER_BYTECODETRACER_HPP
+#define SHARE_VM_INTERPRETER_BYTECODETRACER_HPP
+
+#include "memory/allocation.hpp"
+#include "utilities/ostream.hpp"
+
+// The BytecodeTracer is a helper class used by the interpreter for run-time
+// bytecode tracing. If bytecode tracing is turned on, trace() will be called
+// for each bytecode.
+//
+// By specialising the BytecodeClosure, all kinds of bytecode traces can
+// be done.
+
+// class BytecodeTracer is used by TraceBytecodes option and PrintMethodData
+
+class BytecodeClosure;
+class BytecodeTracer: AllStatic {
+ private:
+  static BytecodeClosure* _closure;
+
+ public:
+  static BytecodeClosure* std_closure();                        // a printing closure
+  static BytecodeClosure* closure()                                                   { return _closure; }
+  static void             set_closure(BytecodeClosure* closure) { _closure = closure; }
+
+  static void             trace(const methodHandle& method, address bcp, uintptr_t tos, uintptr_t tos2, outputStream* st = tty);
+  static void             trace(const methodHandle& method, address bcp, outputStream* st = tty);
+};
+
+
+// For each bytecode, a BytecodeClosure's trace() routine will be called.
+
+class BytecodeClosure {
+ public:
+  virtual void trace(const methodHandle& method, address bcp, uintptr_t tos, uintptr_t tos2, outputStream* st) = 0;
+  virtual void trace(const methodHandle& method, address bcp, outputStream* st) = 0;
+};
+
+#endif // SHARE_VM_INTERPRETER_BYTECODETRACER_HPP